Retroperitoneal germ cell tumors: A clinical study of 12 patients

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1475-1481

  De Backer, Antoine ^b   Madern, Gerard C ^a   Hazebroek, Frans W J ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Germ cell tumor; Retroperitoneal; Teratoma; Yolk sac tumor

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEARING LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; KLINEFELTER SYNDROME; MALE; METASTASIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR REGRESSION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 24344491106     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2005.05.048     Document Type: Article

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